We are tired of winning championships, and we still need youth training?

Chapter 118 What a pity, what a pity
When Xiao Tian walked onto the stage, he saw the figure on the opposite stage.

He paused subconsciously for a moment before continuing to walk forward.

Do not know why.

The thought of fighting Xu Xinghe now makes me subconsciously hesitate.

Unease, fear...

A mix of emotions suddenly surged within him, making his expression somewhat unpleasant.

Xu Xinghe glanced at him casually and ignored him.

—This is when his passive ability came into effect.

He gained new advantages long after his physical breakthrough.

Each time you defeat the same opponent, it leaves a psychological scar on them, and the more times you do it, the stronger their fear becomes.

To be honest... Xu Xinghe thinks this thing is pretty useless.

He's a pure cheater; to put it in a more fantastical way, it's a permanent certificate—once the data panel is unlocked, his strength will never decrease.

He could beat the opponent yesterday, he can still win today, and he will do the same the day after tomorrow.

Does the other party need to be afraid?

It's not necessary at all.

Unless the opponent makes breakthroughs every day, it's impossible to keep up with Xu Xinghe's progress.
The average player already spends a lot of time each day maintaining their hero proficiency.

How easy is it to make progress?

The reason why professional players need to train for more than ten hours a day is because only such high-intensity training can lead to significant improvement.

This thing is really not something an average person can handle.

He barked like a dog every day, wanting to go pro, but after only two days in IG's youth training program, he was so scared he wanted to go back to school.

Xu Xinghe has seen too many young men like this on Instagram.

When any hobby becomes a job, the enjoyment will gradually fade.

Unless you have enough perseverance and talent.

Otherwise, pursuing a professional career would be a dead end.

It would be better to find a class to attend.

The second game's draft phase went very quickly, and the final lineup was as follows:
Blue Square IG:

Top order crocodile
Jungle Nidalee
Mid lane ice girl
Bottom lane Kaisajia Titan
Red side FPX:

Captain of the top order
Jungle Lee Sin
Mid laner Galio

Bottom lane group Varus Gatam

In the previous game, the losing side chose the red side, and FPX proactively chose the red side.

The results were indeed quite good.

Using Galio to counter Crystal Maiden, Varus and Tahm Kench in the bot lane are not afraid of Kai'Sa and Nautilus in the same lane.

More importantly, Lee Sin has an absolute advantage in jungle matchups.

"They really dared to take it."

Xiao Tian controlled his emotions and calmly murmured a sentence.

In the S9 World Championship, can Nidalee beat Lee Sin?
joke.

You can't beat them.

Lee Sin is T1 or even T0 in this patch, while Nidalee is at most T3.

Nidalee is a champion who relies heavily on skill accuracy, and if she misses one or two Qs in a team fight, she's basically invisible.

But the blind monk is different.

After Lee Sin reaches level 6, his ultimate, Dragon Tail, combined with his W or R, provides almost guaranteed crowd control. His Q skill, used for both engaging and finishing off enemies, also grants him exceptional mobility.

Nidalee is hard to match Lee Sin's impact in team fights.

After all, Lee Sin can initiate team fights, while Nidalee can only poke.

If Nidalee's Q skill hits with a high accuracy, she can indeed suppress Lee Sin, but as long as Lee Sin farms safely to level six, he won't be afraid of Nidalee in the jungle.

This is the current strength of T1.

Xiao Tian didn't believe Xu Xinghe didn't know that Nidalee was difficult to beat Lee Sin in this version.

But Xu Xinghe still chose to go first.

This caused Xiao Tian's heart, which had been gradually calming down, to waver again.

Does he really think he has me, Xiaotian, figured out?

"calm."

Doinb's voice suddenly rang out.

Xiao Tian, ​​whose expression was uncertain, let out a breath and rubbed his face.

"Sorry, mine."

Although Xiaotian is usually a bit foul-mouthed, Doinb was clearly helping him, so he wouldn't be ungrateful.

I'm too easily influenced by my emotions!

When Xiao Tian realized this, he couldn't help but rub his face a few more times.

Calm down, Gao Tianliang, stay calm!

He kept muttering to himself, and regained his composure.

Self-hypnosis can be somewhat effective.

"Wasn't this supposed to be a game where we played Jarvan IV and Galio?"

Xu Xinghe didn't say anything during the BP session; he wasn't very talkative.

Unless Karam asks him what he wants to play, he won't interfere with Karam's hero selection.

Players should act like players, focus on the matches, and stop wasting time on useless bans and picks.

It is precisely because of his unspoken trust and respect for Karam that Karam now trusts him in return.

"That was what I was thinking, but didn't I ask you before I went on stage?"

Karam chuckled as he looked at his prized disciple.

The other person frowned, then seemed to realize something.

Before going on stage, Karam and Xu Xinghe walked at the very back.

Karam asked Xu Xinghe if he was confident of winning today.

Could Xu Xinghe say no?

I casually made a three-pointer on his hand.

Karam then asked, "Are you really confident that you can easily manipulate Xiao Tian?"

Then Xu Xinghe smiled and nodded.

"So... is that why you first picked Nidalee?"

As his thoughts returned, Xu Xinghe felt both amused and exasperated.

Because of his outstanding performance with Poppy in the previous game, FPX also considered that Poppy was too much of a counter to engage champions, so they banned Poppy this game and then let Xu Xinghe's legendary Nidalee be released.

Karam immediately grabbed it.

This demonstrates an almost unbelievable level of trust and confidence in Xu Xinghe.

"uh-huh."

Karam snorted and patted him on the shoulder.

"Since you said you could do whatever you wanted, I'll definitely believe you."

"I'll give you Nidalee this game; mid and top are both control champions."

"The stage is set up, Galaxy."

"Let your magnificent performance begin."

Karam spoke with a smug expression.

Dude, your talk therapy skills are unbeatable!
These are some cool lines that my buddy carefully prepared!

Galaxy, were you amazed by my handsomeness?

"I got goosebumps."

"Touched?"

"No, it's just awkward."

karam: ...

"Hahaha, I'm not saying anything more, I'm leaving now."

He was a little hurt.

The cool lines he painstakingly came up with were criticized as awkward by his own disciple... This kind of thing probably won't happen until at least ten years after he left IG!

Xu Xinghe watched him walk off the stage and then looked away.

"Xinghe, the coach meant well."

Rookie made a comment that sounded somewhat amusing.

“I know, but he’s taking too much of a risk.”

Xu Xinghe sighed.

Karam's idea is quite good.

Winning with Nidalee is definitely more eye-catching than winning with Jarvan IV.

Xu Xinghe also had this confidence.

But the problem is... what if we lose?
Karam's little act of willfulness this time may lead to the end of his coaching career.

After all, coaches who care too much about their players are not considered good coaches by the clubs.

All the players need to do is win.

You still want to have a good time?

I'm dreaming.

This is the attitude of most clubs and coaches towards their players.

Karam was kicked out of IG in S9 for this very reason.

Even though the main reason for the loss at the World Championship was not the draft, he took almost all the blame on himself, feeling that he failed to lead the players well.

He made it clear to the club that he was not competent when negotiating his contract.

Then IG thought to themselves, "If even you, the coach, think you have problems, then why should we sign you?"

If you can't do it, plenty of others will!
Then Karam was kicked out.

"……fine."

Rookie was silent for a moment, then nodded and said softly.

He understood what Xu Xinghe meant and was also envious of the relationship between Xu Xinghe and Karam.

While the two were chatting, the game started loading.

"IG! IG! IG!!"

"FPX! FPX! FPX!"

The audience below the stage showed their enthusiasm to the fullest, shouting the names of the teams on stage.

Even though it was a final between two LPL teams playing on European home soil, it didn't dampen their spirits at all.

That's how it is with Western audiences.

They don't need to work many hours every day; all they do is eat and play, nothing else.

I won't go into more detail.

Moreover, European and American teams have consistently performed poorly.

So there aren't many fans from different regions.

Many viewers in Europe and America are fans of SKT or Samsung.

These two LCK clubs are really famous.

Today's game was just for their amusement.

It doesn't matter who wins.

This is true neutrality.

"Ah... I suddenly miss the S7 finals."

Just like their European and American counterparts, the Korean commentators were doing nothing and had even started chatting idly.

After all, both teams in the finals are from the LPL.

The so-called support for IG is nothing more than a simple math problem.

2 ＞ 1
IG has two Korean players, while FPX only has one.

What? Someone said Doinb is also Korean?
Sorry, that's not true.

LCK viewers have long since cut ties with Doinb.

Doinb has delivered outstanding performances at the Intercontinental Cup for two consecutive years.

This also led to many of his remarks and actions being dug up by curious LCK viewers.

It would have been better if I hadn't looked at it; once I did, I was furious.

What do you mean by "Our LPL is the strongest region"? What do you mean by "LPL is awesome!"?

LPL viewers will definitely enjoy hearing this.

But LCK viewers saw Bao Sima's face.

So there are quite a few Korean viewers who support IG now.

Because if their dislike for IG stems solely from their contempt and dislike of all LPL teams, then...

That would be truly disgusting for FPX, especially for Doinb.

On the South Korean internet, Doinb's South Korean citizenship has long been revoked.

What RNG, what Royal Never Give Up fans.

When South Koreans were stripped of their citizenship, most of their supporters were still in the nine-year compulsory education system.

Back in the StarCraft and Warcraft era, if a Korean player lost to a Chinese player, they would be left without food when they returned to their club, and might even have to kneel down and apologize.

Now Doinb has actually started praising the LPL.

How could the arrogant South Korean audience, who thought their Great Han Ming Kingdom was invincible, possibly accept this?
If I didn't still have a shred of rationality, I probably would have turned into an e-sports Empress Dowager.

War on the LPL!
War on the LEC!
War on the LCS!
War on the Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and CIS regions!
Two years ago, Doinb risked starting a Knife-fighting session on the Korean server even when he went home for the Lunar New Year.

But the past two years have been different.

IG won the championship last year.

This year, it's two more LPL teams.

SKT, who were not highly regarded by Koreans, were also eliminated by G2.

Therefore, South Korean audiences today are very insecure.

Anyone would doubt themselves after losing for two years in a row.

When the tall commentator next to him started reminiscing about Season 7, the chubby commentator sitting next to him immediately understood.

"Well... two years have passed in the blink of an eye. That was the LPL finals held at the Bird's Nest, and both teams were from our region."

The tall commentator continued to sigh:

"There have been too many version changes, and there are too many clashes in matches now, almost like in ranked games, making it difficult to showcase the beauty of strategic gameplay."

Back in the day, our LCK's macro-management was unparalleled; every region wanted to send people over to learn from us.

As a result, the game has been a fighting version for two consecutive years.

Who would believe this isn't Riot Games targeting our LCK?
It's all because Xiba wants LPL to win the championship so they can sell more skins!

Ugh, this is infuriating!

"Well... but there's nothing we can do about version changes."

The chubby commentator tugged at his friend slightly.

It's okay to talk about it, but don't keep talking about it.

It's fine to complain, just don't let the Korean boxers hear it.

But once things have started, the resulting turmoil is not so easy to quell.

Many South Korean independent media outlets have already started editing tomorrow's headlines with their eyes shining.

Meanwhile, complaints from South Korean viewers began to flood the live stream on Twitch.

Yeah...! If it weren't for the fists!

[Damn it! Just because Riot Games is wholly owned by Tencent, they can even do something like this? That's unfair!]

It's truly disappointing that a team that barely understands strategy could make it to the finals.

[Does a team like IG, whose entire squad can barely function as a single brain, even deserve to be called a team?]

It’s sour, really sour.

Although many Korean viewers are discerning, they can see that IG and FPX's operations are just as good.

so what?

The ass decides the head.

They are unlikely to speak up for LPL teams; they will only fuel the flames.

But actually, it's unreasonable to blame the fists for this.

No matter which region you're in, there's no reason for you to complain about Riot Games.

The reason is also very simple.

The version was determined at the start of the season by Riot Games.

Even if there is a bias towards one version or another, the time it takes for everyone to adapt to the new version is essentially the same.

Even if a team that receives preferential treatment at the beginning has an easier time, it's not like there's no time for adjustments.

Even the shortest World Championship lasts a full month.

If you can't adapt to the version in a month, then giving you several more months won't help.

So talking about customized versions or favoritism towards certain people... that's really ridiculous.

FPX also used a traditional dual-carry strategy in the Spring Split, but they have changed their system countless times for the World Championship now.

True strong teams are never afraid of the meta; they only adapt to and even suppress it.

Bang said something quite good during Season 6.

"They say we're not a good fit for the version? That's okay."

"I will show them with the results."

"We are the version."

At this moment, Xu Xinghe's thoughts were similar to Bang's.

Nidalee is T3, Lee Sin is T1?

Excuse me.

In my hands, Nidalee is forever a Tier 0 champion.

Inside the SKT base, Clid looked at kkoma, who was staring intently at him, and suddenly felt a little uneasy.

"coach."

"?"

"You're not thinking of buying the Galaxy back, are you?"

"May I?"

Clid: ? ? ?
No, bro!

Seeing his expression of struggling to speak, Kkoma couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you thinking? I'm already planning to leave, why would I call them over?"

"There are already a lot of conflicts in the region, so even if he really wanted to come, I would never agree."

"Who will take care of them once we bring them over?"

Do you think I'm an irresponsible coach?

Clid was relieved and let out a sigh of relief.

Damn it, I almost lost my job by talking so much.

But before he could relax, he heard Kkoma sigh.

“What a pity…what a pity…”

Clid: ...

So you were actually tempted after all, bro!

(End of this chapter)